Optional Bird Dog

[tref]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

Yeah I only use it when I've got a foul in a crowd. Even then I usually point with one finger...

I use it in the same situation & also just a one finger point, while verbalizing "that's yours #12."
Never been told anything about doing it.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by tref

I use it in the same situation & also just a one finger point, while verbalizing "that's yours #12."
Never been told anything about doing it.

Now that I think about it, I caught myself doing it this way once this year in the season. Then, oddly, I did it again Saturday in a men's rec game.

[JWP]

I was originally taught to use the bird dog, back in the early 1980s. During a school game, I only use it in a crowd. None of the young refs ever seem to use it.

In youth or recreation league games, the "uniforms" often only have numbers on the back. I find I bird dog a lot then, and often, my partner will shout out the number to me, so I don't have to do a little dance with the player to find his number.